{"id":1785376,"date":"2018-04-12T08:39:20","date_gmt":"2018-04-12T12:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1785376"},"modified":"2018-04-12T08:49:40","modified_gmt":"2018-04-12T12:49:40","slug":"french-rail-network-map-updated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/04\/french-rail-network-map-updated\/","title":{"rendered":"French Rail Network Map Updated"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Last October I told you<\/a> about a track network map for the entire French railway network, a map I just loved. That map has now been updated for 2018<\/a>, which is minor news in and of itself, but (a<\/em>) I love this map and (b<\/em>) it’s an opportunity to point at the firm that produced the map, Latitude-Cartagene<\/a>. Also to point to their other SNCF<\/abbr>-related work, including these technical maps of the SNCF<\/abbr>\u2019s network<\/a> and this interactive map<\/a> of the network in the Auvergne-Rh\u00f4ne-Alpes region. All links in French. [Transit Maps<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last October I told you about a track network map for the entire French railway network, a map I just loved. That map has now been updated for 2018, which is minor news in and… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[153,40,39,932],"class_list":["post-1785376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-transit","tag-france","tag-railroads","tag-railways","tag-sncf","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5196,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2017\/10\/a-map-of-the-entire-french-rail-network\/","url_meta":{"origin":1785376,"position":0},"title":"A Map of the Entire French Rail Network","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"12 October 2017","format":"link","excerpt":"I love track network maps. 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